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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Return of Lou Donaldson
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Once upon a time, just about every major city in the USA had at least a couple of guys who played in a similar style, if not with the same amount of skill, as alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson, who's coming back to St. Louis next week to perform Wednesday, October 9 through Saturday, October 12 at Jazz at the Bistro. Fronting a trio of organ, guitar and drums, Donaldson offers a mix of bebop, blues and ballads that evokes the ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Marty Ehrlich Sampler
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week StLJN's video spotlight shines on multi-instrumentalist, composer and former St. Louisan Marty Ehrlich, who will be performing with his Rites Quartet in a concert presented by New Music Circle at 7:30 p.m. next Friday, October 4 at the Kranzberg Arts Center. Ehrlich, who's 58, grew up in University City and was influenced early on by the music of St. Louis' Black Artists Group and Human Arts Ensemble, with saxophonist Julius Hemphill serving as a particularly important example and ...
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Interview: Allen Toussaint
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Singer-songwriter Allen Toussaint has written dozens of hit songs. Many have what I call the Allen Toussaint bounce—a jumping New Orleans feel that's part blues and part zydeco. His hits include Mother in Law, Southern Nights, Whipped Cream, Get Out of My Life Woman, Working in the Colemine, What Do You Want the Girl to Do?, Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley and many more. [Photo above of Allen Toussaint in his old New Orleans neighborhood by Rush Jagoe for The ...
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Video: Ray Brown, Germany 2000
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In the following rare video of the Ulf Wakenius Project in 2000 at the annual Jazz Baltica Festival in Salzau, Germany, the Swedish guitarist Ulf Wakenius was joined by Michael Brecker (tenor sax), Ray Brown (bass), Niels Lan Doky (piano) and Terri Lyne Carrington (drums). If the name Ulf Wakenius doesn't ring a bell, he was a member of the Oscar Peterson Quartet and Ray Brown Trio in the late '90s. A special thanks to my man Jimi Mentis in ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Fall 2013 Jazz Preview, Part 4
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Our preview resumes at the beginning of November with guitarist Peter Bernstein, who will be appearing with pianist Peter Martin on Saturday, November 2 at the Sheldon Concert Hall as part of Martin's eponymous concert series there. Bernstein, whose notable credits include stints with Diana Krall, Lou Donaldson, the all-star Blue Note 7, and many others, is seen in the first clip up above playing “Penthouse Serenade" in June 2012 at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music. Down below, ...
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